Frederic Prokosch (1908-1989) published novels and books of poetry, including
The Asiatics (1935),
The assassins (1936),
The seven who fled (1937, winner of the Harper Prize),
Chosen poems (1944),
The Missolonghi manuscript (1968), and
Voices: a memoir (1983). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and a bibliography of Prokosch compiled at UCLA for a course
in bibliography. Manuscripts consist of
The lonely unicorn,
Death in autumn (1929), and
Cupid's whirligig, and Hecate's house (1930).

Background

Prokosch was born on May 17, 1908 in Madison, Wisconsin; BA (1926), MA (1928), Haverford College; MA, King's College, Cambridge
University, 1930; Ph.D, Yale University, 1932; after teaching English at Yale University, he began publishing novels and books
of poetry, including The Asiatics (1935), The assassins (1936), The seven who fled (1937, winner of the Harper Prize), The carnival (1938), Chosen poems (1944), The Missolonghi manuscript (1968), America, my wilderness (1972), and Voices: a memoir (1983); he became an expert squash player, winning the French championship in 1939 and the Swiss championship in 1944; he
died on June 2, 1989 in Plan de Grasse, France.

Extent

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

Restrictions

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